The Importance of Storytelling:

We both believe that the personal is political. We also believe that telling our stories is a way to highlight the intersections of identity, privilege and oppression. We see this section--our story telling-- as grounding for our critical writing pieces. These stories are meant to give you insight into how we arrived at certain places in our lives and in our thinking. We want our writing to show our vulnerabilties and the rawness of our experiences.

We have written our race, gender, class etc.. stories separately for two reasons: to deeply unearth our feelings and thoughts; to create an easier format for our readers to engage in our story telling. However, by no means do we consider these stories to be separate. They are as integrated and overlapping as we are in our identities, experiences and analysis.

Please note that this section and the critical writing section of this website are relational. They are meant to be read, considered and engaged with together. Each section compliments the other because, afterall, the personal is political.